Pointe de Corsen
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France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, located west of Brest
Brest, France
Brest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...
in the Plouarzel
Plouarzel
Plouarzel is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.The westernmost point of continental France, the Pointe de Corsen, lies within the commune.-Population:Inhabitants of Plouarzel are called in French Plouarzélistes....
Commune
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
, Finistère
Finistère
Finistère is a département of France, in the extreme west of Brittany.-History:The name Finistère derives from the Latin Finis Terræ, meaning end of the earth, and may be compared with Land's End on the opposite side of the English Channel...
, Brittany
Brittany
Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
. The nearest village is Ruscumunoc.
A CROSS
Centres Régionaux Opérationnels de Surveillance et de Sauvetage
The Centres Régionaux Opérationnels de Surveillance et de Sauvetage are a network of stations on the litoral of France.Their missions are* Search and Rescue* Monitoring of sea traffic...
sea monitoring site is located at the point.
Pointe de Corsen is located at 48°24′52"N 4°47′40"W